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Recruiting

4 strategies for strengthening internal mobility

05/10/2023
In times of low unemployment—like now, when securing talent is so difficult—internal mobility can be a godsend. Utilizing current employees in new capacities instead of recruiting outsiders saves time and money. Plus, current workers—whether promoted or transferred to new roles—already understand your mission and culture, and management knows what to expect based on past performance.

Apply these perspectives to recruiting in today’s ‘seller’s market’

04/26/2023
The LinkedIn social media site recently released its 2023 Future of Recruiting Report, which contains helpful findings and predictions that HR professionals will find valuable. The report covers the impact of current economic uncertainty on recruiting, how the role of recruiting will change in coming months and the influence of artificial intelligence on HR.

4 musts when posting job ads

03/01/2023
Forty percent of people would refuse a job if they had a negative experience during the recruitment process, according to the Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report performed by Appcast. That should convince you and your HR colleagues to analyze your recruitment efforts.

Struggling to attract enough applicants? Consider adding child-care benefits to portfolio

02/23/2023
Employers can support employees’ child-care needs in several ways.

Recruitment: Data reveals ways to combat application challenges

02/15/2023
Are you banging your head against the wall when it comes to recruiting and think you’re alone in that? For a few minutes at least, you can bask in the silver linings as reported in an analysis of more than 255 million job ad clicks and 12 million applications performed by Appcast in its Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report.

HR professionals speak: Finding qualified applicants lands at top of headaches list by wide margin

02/08/2023
When it comes to talent acquisition, what are the biggest challenges you face? That’s one of the questions Business Management Daily asked in its Annual State of HR Survey. Eight percent of respondents said getting qualified applicants.

5 tips for selling your company to a candidate

02/08/2023
With today’s employment climate allowing candidates to be extremely selective, it’s essential for companies and hiring managers to recognize that selling the company, its culture and the role can make all the difference between securing that amazing candidate you’ve spent so much time searching for or letting them slip away.

Companies cut employees, hire contractors instead

01/31/2023
Layoffs are in the news again, but research conducted by ResumeBuilder.com in January suggests some job cuts aren’t a response to lower consumer demand in a sluggish economy, but old-fashioned cost-cutting instead.

Erase these 5 buzzwords from your online job ads

01/24/2023
Are you looking for a dynamic team player with a proven track record? Yawn. Excuse us while we collectively scroll away from your job ad.

Ensure hiring practices match today’s realities

01/24/2023
In a time of unprecedented changes, hiring managers remain laser-focused on outdated requirements as far as degrees expected, credentials, amount of experience and the number of fancy letters after someone’s name.